Description and Suggestions

[Anne]

This folder is for books that are written from an immigrant's point of view.

Please share your suggestions, or any resources you've used to help find your book for this category in this thread.

[Amanda]

I am going to read "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford. I have had this for awhile and haven't read it yet, so it was a very easy pick for me.
Suggestions:
The Joy Luck Club
My Antonia
Middlesex
House of Sand and Fog
Girl in Translation

[Teresa]

I'm reading Brick Lane by Monica Ali

[Melissa]

Amanda wrote: "I am going to read "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford. I have had this for awhile and haven't read it yet, so it was a very easy pick for me.
Suggestions:
The Joy Luck Club
My ..."

Girl in Translation is on my list for this category.

[Kathy]

Last year I read The Golem and the Jinni. Even though it is fantasy, I believe it would fit this category nicely. I really enjoyed it.

[Melissa]

Kathy wrote: "Last year I read The Golem and the Jinni. Even though it is fantasy, I believe it would fit this category nicely. I really enjoyed it."

I'm planning on reading it as my Fantasy choice.

[Martha]

Melissa wrote: "Kathy wrote: "Last year I read The Golem and the Jinni. Even though it is fantasy, I believe it would fit this category nicely. I really enjoyed it."

I'm planning on reading it as ..."

I think it fits. I loved that book!

[Martha]

Multnomah County Library does a yearly Everybody Reads event and this year's read fits the book about immigration category. My face-to-face book group will be reading this too. The book is The Book of Unknown Americans.

[Margo]

The Book of Unknown Americans
Found this on an Amazon search. This is what I probably read.

[Margo]

The Devil's Highway: A True Story
Found this on an Amazon search.

[Margo]

Angela's Ashes
Touching but a little depressing.

[La_mariane]

I was looking for ideas for this category, and I found several interesting lists on listopia :

Ficton and Non-fiction describing the experience of immigrants

Immigrant Voices - Fiction

[Sharmon]

Amanda wrote: "I am going to read "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford. I have had this for awhile and haven't read it yet, so it was a very easy pick for me.
Suggestions:
The Joy Luck Club
My ..."

I just recently finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and I think you will find it both enjoyable and thought provoking.

Another Suggestion about Japanese Immigrants who were relocated is Heart Mountain. I read it years ago but I do not remember the particulars.

I am thinking about reading Brooklyn as I have been wanting to get to it for awhile.

[Melissa]

Amanda wrote: "I am going to read "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford. I have had this for awhile and haven't read it yet, so it was a very easy pick for me.
Suggestions:
The Joy Luck Club
My ..."

Oh House of Sand and Fog! Thanks for reminding me about that book! I need to reread that it's been awhile!

[Melissa]

Martha wrote: "Multnomah County Library does a yearly Everybody Reads event and this year's read fits the book about immigration category. My face-to-face book group will be reading this too. The book is [book:Th..."

Thanks for the suggestion! That looks really good! I might read this as well.

[Susan]

Hotels on the Corner... A worthwhile book, you won't be disappointed!

[Thomas]

Considering Vilhelm Moberg's The Emigrants. It's a legendary book here in Sweden.

[Melissa]

I'm considering a couple different books right now and have not decided yet.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling. It sounds like her parents were immigrants, not her. But I still think it would fit this category.

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park. This is about a girl from North Korea who escaped the country to get to South Korean safety with her mother when she was 13.

[Teresa]

Hi. I have loved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Could please someone who's read Life of Pi clarify whether this book would qualify?

Otherwise I would go for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

I also have Brick Lane by Monica Ali in my kindle, but I fancy the other one best for this category.

[Shannon]

I read I Love You Like a Tomato a few years ago. It is about an Italian immigrant family in the 1950's. It is from the prospective of a girl who is coming of age. I enjoyed it, it was a simple weekend on the hammock read. It is sweet, funny, and touching.

[Regine]

I'm reading Julia Alvarez's novel "How the Garcia Girls lost their Accents" for this category. I'm about 70% done with it and am loving it.

[Carolyn]

Can anyone tell me if The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman would fit? I know it is about a Orthodox Jewish community and the cop has to try to understand their culture and religion in order to work with them. I thought it would be a good book and I would love to learn more about Orthodox Jews and their beliefs, but not sure if it fits???
The Ritual Bath

[Mary Sue]

My book club's selection for June is Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I liked it but was a bit disappointed after all of the great things I have heard about it.